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11/29/2017, 2:48pm

Volleyball makes it to MAC tournament

By Drew Conover

After four straight wins, Eastern Michigan’s women’s volleyball team found themselves sneaking into the MAC tournament. The team managed to win their first round matchup against Buffalo, 3-1, before falling to Ohio in the following round with a score of 1-3. Coming into the tournament as the lowest seed, being able to upset Buffalo in the first round is more than enough to deem their tournament berth successful. 

11/29/2017, 2:46pm

Men's basketball loses first game in the season against Indiana

By Drew Conover

Eastern Michigan University’s men’s basketball team traveled to Bloomington, Indiana to take on Indiana University, Nov. 24. The match marked the third game out of four for the Eagles during the Hoosier Tipoff Classic. EMU lost for the first time this year to Indiana by a final score of 67-87. The Eagles kept things close in the first half but just couldn’t manage to keep up with Indiana’s offense in the later stages of the game. 

11/29/2017, 2:43pm

Men's Basketball earns 3-1 record in Hoosier Tipoff Classic

By Drew Conover

Eastern Michigan University’s men’s basketball team traveled to southern Florida for a match against the University of South Florida, Sunday, Nov. 26. The Eagles overcame a slim first half deficit to take the victory with a final score of 65-47. The Eagles played smothering defense in the second half which lead to the easy victory. The win marks the fifth in the season and gives them a 3-1 record in the Hoosier Tipoff Classic. The Eagles were lead in scoring by guard Paul Jackson who scored 15 with three other teammates joining him in scoring double digits.  

11/28/2017, 12:00am

Eagles beat Falcons 34-31 on Senior Night

By Joe Israel

 After a what if season that was full of ups and downs, Eastern Michigan's (5-7, 3-5) 2017 season ended with a 34-31 win against the Falcons from Bowling Green State University (2-10, 2-6) Tuesday Nov. 21 at Rynearson Stadium. 

11/22/2017, 12:17pm

Women’s hoops defeat Florida A&M, 83-61

By Drew Conover

The Eastern Michigan University’s women’s team started the 2017-18 season with a solid 83-61 win over the Rattlers of Florida A&M University, Friday, Nov. 10 at the Convocation Center.The Eagles (1-0) utilized a balanced scoring attack with ten players registering at least one point, and five scoring at least nine points. Offensively, EMU was more than efficient finishing 31-62 as a team from the field and 7-17 behind the three-point line. They also rebounded the Rattlers 44-40.  

Big Sean performs at the Convocation Center

11/20/2017, 10:48pm

Volleyball qualifies for MAC tournament

By Drew Conover

The Eastern Michigan University’s women’s volleyball team qualified for the MAC tournament following a streak of four wins straight that started on senior weekend against Western Michigan and Northern Illinois. 

Eastern Michigan’s offense picked up where it left off against Spring Arbor, scoring six of the first eight points in their match up against U of M-D forcing the visiting Wolverines into an early timeout. Eastern’s defense relied heavily on a full court press off the inbound and that defensive pressure carried over into their match up against U of M-D. Center James Thompson IV found great success early in the first half down low securing six of the Eagles first 12 at the basket.  

11/20/2017, 10:16pm

EMU's men's basketball undefeated in off-season

By Drew Conover

The Eastern Michigan University men’s basketball team hosted the University of Michigan-Dearborn for the team’s second match of the season Sunday, Nov. 12, at the Convocation Center. Unlike their match against Spring Arbor, U of M-D proved to be a more competitive opponent. In the first half, U of M-D shot the ball extremely well from behind the arc keeping them in the game. However, the Eagles proved to be the better all-around team, winning the game with a final score of 97-73. The victory starts the Eagles season off undefeated with a pair of victories at home.  

On October 30, The Yankee Air Museum attempted to set a Guinness World Record for “Most Rosies In One Place” in support of the campaign to save the Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Women and young girls were invited to don the look of the iconic image of Rosie The Riveter, in the hopes of achieving the record of having 250 Rosies in one place but only 143 arrived. Regardless, high spirits were in the air and four real-life Rosies who worked at the Bomber Plant building B-24 liberators during World War II were also present.

11/20/2017, 10:05pm

EMU wrestling place fourth in four sets

By Drew Conover

Eastern Michigan University played host Saturday to a wrestling event at the Convocation Center for a plethora of teams from the Midwest. Opponents included Big Ten schools like Ohio State and Michigan State along with MAC opponents in Toledo, Northern Illinois and Central Michigan. These teams, along with other schools and universities, competed in 12 different weight restrictions. Of the 12, Eastern placed in the top four in four of the sets. Freshman Tanner Smith was the sole victor for the Eagles, placing first in the freshman/sophomore 149 pound weight division.  

Central Michigan Safety Josh Cox returns an INT. The Eagles lost to Central Michigan 42-30 Nov. 8 at Kelly/Shorts Stadium

11/14/2017, 12:00am

Eagles get bounced by Chippewas 42-30

 

Five interceptions from Brogan Roback -- including a pick six to seal the deal in the fourth quarter -- led to defeat for the Eastern Michigan University football team (3-7, 1-5) as they fell to the Chippewas from Central Michigan University (6-4, 4-2) 42-30 Wednesday Nov. 8 at Kelly-Shorts Stadium. 

Eastern Michigan University’s women’s basketball season began Wednesday, Nov. 1 with a 70-57 exhibition win against Hillsdale College. For the 2017-18 squad, there's a lot more to prove after a rough season last year had the Lady Eagles finishing with a 6-25 record in head coach Fred Castro's inaugural season.

11/6/2017, 12:25pm

Preview of the 2017-18 women's basketball team

By Joe Israel

The Eastern Michigan University’s women’s basketball season began Wednesday, Nov. 1 with a 70-57 exhibition win against Hillsdale College. For the 2017-18 squad, there's a lot more to prove after a rough season last year had the Lady Eagles finishing with a 6-25 record in head coach Fred Castro's inaugural season.

Eastern Michigan took to the court Nov. 3 at the Convocation Center for a matchup against Western Michigan.

11/6/2017, 12:21pm

Eagles claim match in three straight sets against Western Michigan Volleyball

By Drew Conover

Eastern Michigan’s women’s volleyball team took to the court Nov. 3 at the Convocation Center for a matchup against in-state rival Western Michigan. Despite coming into the match with a worse record compared to the Broncos, Eastern took the match in a 3-0 sweep. The victory marks the 12th victory on the season for the Eagles and the fourth victory in-conference. 

10/30/2017, 12:02pm

Women's soccer dominates Broncos

By Drew Conover

Eastern Michigan University’s women’s soccer dominated the Western Michigan Broncos Thursday, Oct. 19 at Scicluna Field. Eastern has seen great success at home this season and Thursday’s match was no different. Goalkeeper Kaylin Williams kept the Broncos off the scoreboard to help the team on their way to a 3-0 victory. Despite the difference in score, EMU still had to fight valiantly to secure their first victory against Western since the 2014 season. 

10/30/2017, 12:00pm

EMU drops Homecoming to Broncos

By Joe Israel

The 90th Homecoming game contained all that and more. However, it would be the in-state rivals that got the last laugh, as the Eastern Michigan University Eagles (2-5, 0-3) dropped yet another overtime heartbreaker to the Western Michigan Broncos (5-3, 3-1) 20-17 Saturday Oct. 21 at Rynearson Stadium. 

10/30/2017, 11:58am

Soccer sees postseason victory

By Joe Israel

The Eastern Michigan University soccer team saw a postseason victory with a 1-0 win on Senior Day over the Northern Illinois University Huskies Sunday Oct. 22 at Scicluna Field. 

10/30/2017, 11:18am

Volleyball loses pair of road matches

By Drew Conover

Eastern Michigan University’s volleyball team left the nest for a set of road matches against Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio. The Eagles lost both games to their fellow MAC opponents by a combined score of 7-1. With the lose, EMU finds itself on a five-game losing streak, dropping the team to 10-14 overall with a 2-6 record in conference.

10/30/2017, 11:17am

Road woes continue to trouble women's soccer

By Drew Conover

Eastern Michigan’s women’s soccer lost a pair of road matches this week against Toledo and Ball State with final scores 4-1 and 3-0 respectively. The two losses drop Eastern to 5-10-1 overall and 2-5 in the conference. Eastern has yet to pull off a victory away from home since an early season matchup against the University of Illinois at Chicago. Since, Eastern has lost seven straight games on the road.